On a nonstop flight to Las Vegas, Spirit Airlines loses Michael Germano’s checked luggage. He files a missing luggage report and a lost luggage claim, but the airline is ignoring his requests for compensation. What’s going on, and how can Germano get Spirit to respond?

Quiet on the set in Wilmington, N.C.
Some people call Wilmington, North Carolina, “Hollywood East” because of all the movies and TV shows filmed here. In the last three decades, more than 400 feature films, documentaries and television series have been shot and edited around town, drawing notable actors from Andy Griffith to Richard Gere.

Branson sticks to tried and true
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Plane flies across Atlantic with missing panel
An American Airlines plane flew from Dallas to Paris even though a “large panel” fell off the underside as the flight took off, the airline said in a memo to pilots.

Oregon’s outdoor adventures a ‘blast’
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7 tourist traps you love
Back in September, Budget travel asked for feedback about bona fide, no-holds-barred tourist traps that readers loved anyway. Here are the top picks.

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Mending bridges in Mostar
The city of Mostar lies at a crossroads of cultures: just inland from the Adriatic coast, in the southern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mostar — which suffered horribly when its warring neighborhoods turned it into a killing zone — provided me with one of the richest experiences of my travel year.

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